Arthur k



(No Model.)

A. K. EVANS.

POKER CHIP 0R COUNTER HOLDER.

No. 451,722. Patented May 5,1891.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE...

ARTHUR K. EVANS, OF TORONTO, CANADA.

POKER CHIP OR COUNTER HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 451,722, dated May 5,1891.

Application filed June 25, 1890. Serial No. 356,714.. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known thatI, ARTHUR KELLY EVANS, of the city of Toronto, in thecounty of York, in the Province of Ontario, Canada, have invented acertain new and useful Improved Poker Chip or Counter Holder, of whichthe following is a specification.

The object of the invention is to design a table-holder for poker chipsor counters, the said holder being arranged to indicate the number ofchips or counters contained by it and to present the additionaladvantages of match and cigar-ash receptacles; and it conslsts in thepeculiar construction, arrangement, and combinations of partshereinafter more particularly described, and then definitely claimed.Figures 1 and 2 are alternative forms of my nnproved poker chip orcounter holder. Fig. 3 is an enlarged detail showing a plan for holdinga detachable indicator.

Any one who ever played poker or other games where counters are requiredwill appreciate the advantages of a device for holding the poker chipsor counters in a convenient form which will enable the said chips orcounters to be readily taken out as required, leaving a register toindicate the number of chips or counters remaining in the holder.

Like letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in each figure.

In Fig. 1 I show the recesses with solid walls arranged vertically, butleaning or slanting slightly inwardly from their base. In Fig. 2 I showthe recesses with skeleton walls arranged so that the chips they areintended to contain will, as in Fig. 1, slant inwardly from their base.4

The recesses A are curved to correspond with the diameter of the pokerchips or counters B.

while in Fig. 3 they are horizontally parallel to each other.

In Fig. 1 I show behind each wall a, at the point where the adjoiningwalls connect, a Vertical receptacle 1), designed to contain matches,and in the center of the stand Iform a receptacle cl, into which thecigar-ashes may be knocked.

The indicator C may be marked 011 the edge of the walls adjoining therecesses; but as the chips or counters are sometimes made one thicknessand sometimes a different thickness, according to the taste of themanufacturer, it is advisable to provide means by which the indicatormay be readily changed.

In Fig. 3 I show a plan for holding a removable indicator. In this planI make a dovetail groove on the wall adjoining the recesses, and insertin the said groove the indicator C, which in this case I make ofcelluloid or some other thin material. In this way I am enabled toprovide each chip or counter holder with indicators for chips orcounters of different thicknesses.

It will be observed that in Figs. 1 and 2 the base D, on which thebottom chip or counter of each recess rests, is set at an angle, so asto cant the chips or counters at the necessary angle to throw themtoward the center line of the holder.

What I claim as my invention is l. A poker chip or counter holdercomposed of a series of receptacles arranged around a common center andconstructed to contain an independent row of chips or counters, and eachreceptacle having an opening in its outer side, substantially asdescribed.

2. A poker chip or counter holder composed of a series of receptaclesarranged around a common center and constructed to contain anindependentrow of chips or counters, and each receptacle having anopening in its outer side, and a match'receptacle formed in the centerof said holder, substantially as described.

3. A poker chip or counter holder con1- posed of a series of recesses A,arranged around a common center and constructed to contain anindependent row of chips or counters, a match-receptacle b, and anashreceptacle (7 both being contained in the space inclosed by saidholder, substantially slanting wall of its recess, substantially as andfor the purpose specified. and for the purpose specified.

at. A poker chip or counter holder con1- Toronto,May 10,1890. posed of aseries of vertical recesses arranged ARTHUR K. EVANS. 5 around andslanting toward a common een- In presence of ter, the base of eachrecess being set sub- CHARLES C. BALDWIN,

stantially at a right or acute angle to the E. CUMMINGS.

